I have produced lovely videos for years and done my own characters with cta pro, cta2, iclone5 pro but cta3 is the worst (I bought the standard version and regret this). It is extremely slow to load, has the problem that you are pointing out, the people who produce tuition videos only talk about cta3 pro and pipeline, which is confusing, there is no manual and for the first time in a decade I can't get anywhere. They just cobbled cta3 together in a hurry and now it is a mess for all but the most experienced riggers and users. Hope someone from reallusion will read our posts and take note. It also has a very unattractive icon.